Crowds raid office of Kyrgyz nationalist party

A crowd of two dozen people have raided the offices of the nationalist Kyrgyz party Ata-Zhurt in Bishkek, days ahead of tense parliamentary elections, officials say.

The head of the party's office Sadyr Zhaparov said the group arrived at the office to demand the party withdraws from Sunday's parliamentary elections, seizing campaign literature and setting the brochures alight.

The action added to tensions ahead of the polls which come after deadly violence in the Central Asian country.